Water-bag.



F. R. ADAMS.

WATER BAG. I

APPLIOATION FILED mums, 1914.

1,127,384, H Patented Feb.9, 1915.

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'WATEB BAG. I APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9 19161.

1,127,384., Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

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rarest HQ FREDERICK R. ADAMS, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIG-NOR TO W. A. PLUMMER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

WATERPBAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

Application filed March 9, 1914. Serial No. 823,391.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, FREDERICK R. ADAMS,

a citizen of the United States, residing at 'Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water- Bags, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of waterbags in which the bag is made of some fiexible material, such, for example, as canvas, which while adapted to retain its liqu d contents is still sufficiently pervious to water topermit that rapid surface evaporation upon which its utility depends, said bags being used by campers, hunters, prospectors and other such travelers to carry their water and keep itfresh and cool for use. It is customary in these bags to provide them with a may readily be dipped into and quickly filled from a stream, and may also, by reasonof convenient access through said open mouth, be thoroughly interiorly cleansed and sweetened. Such open-mouth, however, requires a. closure, which on account of the character of the bag must possess certain requisites which, heretofore, have not been fully satisfied. For example, such closure must be adapted for such a bag; it must be eflicient in its function; it must be capable of being easily applied and 'released,'arid it must be always in readiness 'for' use and not liable to be misplaced or lost.

Tosatisfy. hese and other requirements, is

i the object of'my invention; and to this end 'erenc'e to my invention consists in the ndvel wajjefbag which I'shall'now fully describe by refthe accompanying drawings, in

""Fi'gure-l. is an elevation of my improved water-bag. Fig. 2 is a section on thefline tc -w of Fig. 1, the full lines showing the bag distended with water, and the dotted lines Steven-g it eollapsed- Fig. 311st pers ecrive-view offthespring-clamp' member 6 the mouth-closing device. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the bag partially distended, showing the clamp-bar on one side hanging down out of use, and the mouth of the bag open. Fig. 5 is a top view of the distended bag, showing it closed, the lips of the mouth being shown partly separated, to indicate the extent of said mouth, and the-springclamp being centrally broken.

1 is the bag made of suitable material, usually of canvas. The bag is closed at its bottom and sides, and is also closed along its top from each side toward its middle, but leaving at its central or middle top portion an open mouth 2, seen clearly in Fig. 4. This open mouth is long enough to afiord ample capacity for quickly filling the bag in a stream or otherwise, and to give convenient access to its interior for cleansing purposes; but at the same time it is short enough compared with the length of the top of the be to provide for its closure in the manner an by the means presently described.

From each corner of the mouth the bag is stitched through by seams 2 which close up certain areas 1 of the bag and form a kind of neck or throat for said mouth 2. At one side of the bag, the closed area 1 is bounded by the seam 2, the top of the bag from the mouth extremity, and the side of the bag down to said seam. At the other side the closed area 1 is bounded by the seam 2' and by the top of the bag from the other extremity of the mouth to the delivery spout.

By these scams 2 the contents of the bag can reach the mouth orifice only through the neck or throat which they form.- In one upper corner of the bag is secured the delivery spout 3 with its cork 4 attached by a string 5.

his the suspending cord or rope. This is connected at one end to a ring '7 in the top ed 'eof the bag, and is attached at its other en to a ring 8 located in the side of the bag at a oint below its top. 7 '9 are thet'wo clamp-bar members of the mouth closing device. These are preferably made of wood, both to avoid oxidation, and topermit them to be cut of in length after'the bag 'h'as' shrunk, so that they will better fit.

so that theycannot be misplaced or lost,

and, moreover it is to be noted that this pivotal connection is a *sufllciently loose one, to enable the bars to be pressed outwardly easily by and so accommodate themselves to the distending walls of the bag while being filled. This I have shown in Fig. 4. The proper connection is formed by a ring 11, secured at right angles through the top of the bag, in one of its closed areas 1, so there is no danger of leakage at this point. The bars 9 are freely suspended from this ring, one on each side.

12 is the spring-clamp member of the closing device. This is a metallic piece, best made of some not easily corroding material, such as nickel-plated metal.

In the best form of this-spring-clamp member 12, one of its end lips 13 is longer than the opposing lip 1 1, and the same is true, but reversed, at the other end, so that the clamp is reversible, and may be entered by either end. 1

It will be seen that the clamp-bars 9 while shorter than the length of the top of the bag, so that they operate wholly within said length, are sufliciently longer than the length of the mouth of the bag to enable them, when in use, to extend beyond each end of the mouth and to lie well upon the closed areas 1 of the bag, thereby afl'ording by their pressure a firm and perfect closing of said mouth, with no possibility of a leak past their ends which lie upon the areas closed to the water. If the mouth were made substantially the full length of the bag top, this protecting end overlap of the clamp bars and the security which it gives would not be possible. Moreover, by securing the clamp bars to the bag, their proper position with respect to this overlap is rendered certain and invariable, and by the particular ring connection here provided, the proper and accurate parallel and even position of the bars when in use is defined.

When the bag is to be filled, the clamp- 7 bars are dropped to the position shown in Fig. 4. Then the bag is filled through its open mouth. As this month is relatively short and protected by its neck or throat, the bag can be filled to a greater extent than if the mouth extended the full length of the top, because in addition to its capacity for confining the liquid closer to its top, its short mouth can be closed with greater ease and less spilling and waste of water, and it can then be more 'eflectually closed by the relatively long and rigid bars 9.

The bars 9 are, when the bag is full, turned up to position parallel with the top of the bag and then the spring clamp 12 is slipped upon said bars, from that side of the bag where the rope securing ring 8 is located below the level of the top, so that neither it nor the knot of the rope can interfere with the entrance of the spring-clamp upon the grooved bars. The spring-clamp engages the grooves 10 of the clamp-bars 9 and is slipped along said groovesto about a middle position. It thus clamps the bars -9 tightly and rigidly to the bag and said bars by their pressure effectually close the mouth of the bag throughout its entire length. The object of having one lip 13 of the spring-clamp 12 longer than the other lip 14, is to afford greater ease and certainty of entrance of said clamp upon the bars, for it is only necessary, in applying thespring-clamp, to pay attention to that side on which its longer lip is and to enter said longer .lip first upon its own bar, whereupon the shorter lip will practically find its own entrance to the other bar.

These bags shrink considerably. When this occurs it is only necessary to cut off a portion of the free ends of the bars 9, so that they will still be adapted for proper position. It will be seen that the lips of the mouth 2 are turned and hemmed at 15 so that they are of double thickness. This is well indicated in Fig. 2. The advantage of this is that as the clamp-bars, as seen in said figure, bear upon only two thicknesses of material between them, and as above them there are four thicknesses, due to the hemmed lips of the mouth, the said bars when clamped in place cannot be struck from their seats nor forced off by pressure.

The bars 9 by their length serve as stilfeners for the top of the bag, so that rods and other like devices need not beprovided for the top edges.

To prevent the spring-clamp 12 from being misplaced or lost, it may be attached to the bag, as shown in Fig. 1, by a string 16, secured at one end to the ring 8 and at the other end knotted in a hole 17 in the springclamp.

I claim 1. A water-bag formed with a mouth in its top; a pair of clamp bars adapted to bear on each side of the bag below its top, said bars extending the full length of said mouth and beyond the ends thereof, and a spring-clamp overlying-the top, of the bag and engaging the clamp bars on each side to hold them to the bag.

2. A water-bag formed with a mouth in its top; a pair of clamp-bars adapted to bear on each side of the bag below its top, said bars extending the full length of said mouth and beyond the ends thereof, and each of said bars having its outer face longitudinally grooved; and a spring-clamp overlying the top of the bag and en 'a 'ng the grooves of the clampbars to hold t em to the bag.

3. A water-bag formed with a mouth'in its top; a pair of clamp-bars adapted to bear on each side of the bag below its top,

maasee said bars extending the full length of said mouth and beyond the ends thereof; a pivotal connection between one end of the bars and the bag beyond one end of the mouth; and a spring-clamp overlying the top of the bag and engaging the clamp bars on each aide to hold them to their pressure on the 4. A water-bag formed with a mouth in its top; a pair of clamp-bars adapted to bear on each side of the bag below its top, said bars extending the full length of said mouth and beyond the ends thereof; a ring secured in the top of the bag beyond one end of the mouth, said ring freely suspending the clamp bars; and a spring clam overlying the top of the ha and engaging the clamp bars on each si e to hold them to their pressure on the ba 5. A water-bag forme with a mouth in its top; a pair of clamp-bars adapted to bear on each side of the ba below its top, said bars extending the fulflength of said mouth and beyond the ends thereof, and each of said bars having its outer face provided with a longitudinal groove opening out at its free end;- and a spring-clamp adapted to engage the'grooves of the clampbars, said clamp having one of its ends on 'one side longer than the end onthe opposite side.

6. A water-bag formed with a mouth in its top; a pair of grooved clamp-bars adapted to bear on each side of the bag below its top, said bars extendin length of said mouth and be on the ends thereof; a spring-clamp a apted to he slipped into the grooves of said bars from one end thereof; a ring secured to the top of the bag near one side thereof; a second ring secured in the opposite side of the bag below its top, and a suspendingcord secured to said rings.

7. A water-bag having in its to a mouth of a length less than that of sai top, said bag having closed areas beyond each end of the full said mouth; and a clamping device bearin on each side of the bag below its top, sai device extending the full length of the mouth and overlapping onto each of the closed areas of the bag beyond the mouth.

8. A water-bag having in its top a mouth of a length less than that of said top, the bag being stitched together to form closed areas extending beyond each extremity of the mouth and forming a neck therefor; and a clamping device bearing on each side of the bag below its top, said device extending the full length of the mouth and overlapping onto each of the closed areas of the bag beyond the mouth.

9. A water-bag having in its top a mouth of .a length less than that of the top, and having also'at one end of its top a spout, said bag having one closed area formed by a line of stitches extending downward from one extremity of the mouth and upward to the inner side of the spout, and a second closed area formed by a line of stitches extending from the other extremity of the mouth to the bag border; and a clamplng device bearing on each side of the bag below its top, said device extending the full length of they mouth and overlapping onto each of the said closed areas of the bag.

10. A water-bag formed with a mouth in its top, the lips of said mouth being hemmed to present each a double thickness; a pair of clamp-bars adapted to bear on each side of the bag below the lips of the mouth, sa1d bars extending the full length of said mouth and beyond the ends thereof, and a springclamp overlying the top of the bag and engaging the clamp-bars on each side to hold them to the bag.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK R. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

Wm. F. Boo'rn, D. B. RICHARDS. 

